Strategic-level fantasy syndrome patient

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He was a very serious fantasy disorder patient, not only did he have auditory hallucinations, which are the most common in fantasy disorder patients, but he also had severe hallucinations of sight as well as other sensory hallucinations.

But you don't need to worry too much, when he was not having an episode, he was almost indistinguishable from a normal person."

Bai Xiuchu curiously asked, "Is fantasy disorder a type of schizophrenia?"

"You could say that, delusional disorder, fantasy disorder, and paranoid disorder are all types of schizophrenia."

Sister Chen said with a smile, "You actually don't need to understand all these, we Guardians just need to watch them one-on-one, there's generally no need to get involved in their treatment, there are professional medical teams for that."

"That's much easier then, what is his fantasy about?"

"He fantasizes that his superpower is crossing to other worlds, and he often crosses to an otherworldly realm, one that he calls Da Xuan, a High Martial World."

"Ah?"

"He doesn't recognize the two superpowers we have identified through research as his own, instead he believes that his Physical Enhancement and Energy Release are derived from the Martial Arts he learned and cultivated in the otherworldly realm."

"I've never heard of a superpower that involves crossing."

Bai Xiuchu recalled, "Of the nearly one million known superpowers, none truly involve other worlds or other times in our world."

"If only there were, it would be great if his superpower really was crossing."

Sister Chen's tone was somewhat wistful.

"Then those Martial Arts he learned in the otherworldly realm, if they were something we could practice, the demons and superpowered criminals would no longer be a threat to us."

"Did he divulge the martial arts secret books he learned in the otherworldly realm?"

"Yes, he did, right from the start. Unfortunately, no one but him has been able to master them."

As soon as Sister Chen finished speaking, she realized something was amiss and quickly corrected herself.

"Ah, that's not right, he himself hasn't mastered them either. His Physical Enhancement and the so-called Inner Strength are all from his true superpower."

Bai Xiuchu exclaimed in realization, "Is it because no one else could master them that he was diagnosed as a fantasy disorder patient?"

"That's just one of the bases for the diagnosis, there are many others. For example, he says he physically crossed over to the past, but in fact, he has always been in our world.

For example, he says he did such and such in the otherworldly realm when in fact, he did such and such in our world."

"Ah?"

Bai Xiuchu was somewhat perplexed for a moment.

It just so happened that the two of them had already walked up the stairs to the third floor, and Sister Chen stopped at the door of a ward close to the stairwell.

The door to the ward was made entirely of metal, with a small window on it that was closed at the time.

Sister Chen's hand rested on a screen beside the doorframe, and after biometric palm recognition authenticated her access, the operational features appeared.

She selected 'Visit', and an image of the ward interior appeared on the screen.

Signaled to proceed, Bai Xiuchu stepped forward to see a ward that resembled a hotel-style apartment.

It looked clean and tidy within, with very few personal belongings.

On the floor in front of the bed, a man in ancient attire sat cross-legged, with his hands on his knees, palms facing upwards.

His features were resolute, well-proportioned, and he had long hair cascading over his shoulders. Despite sitting on the ground, his back was straight as a rod.

A rather handsome middle-aged uncle—For 22-year-old Bai Xiuchu, 33-year-old Ji Tianqi was indeed of an uncle's age.

As Bai Xiuchu thought this, she heard Sister Chen's voice.

"He believes he is cultivating his Inner Strength by meditating."

"Ah? So, like this, will his Energy Release superpower increase in strength?"

"It will, but it's a very normal level of growth, similar to other Superpower Users with similar abilities."

"Then is there a possibility that the Inner Strength he's practicing is actually effective? I mean, effective only for him."

When Bai Xiuchu voiced her doubts, Sister Chen didn't find it strange.

That's because the number of known superpowers in the world was simply too vast; with nearly one million different abilities, they were incredibly varied and strange.

"Then do you know what the Inner Strength he's practicing is called?"

"What is it called?"

"Nine Yang Skill."

Bai Xiuchu paused for a moment.

Sister Chen asked with a smile, "Isn't it amazing that an otherworldly realm has Martial Arts from our world's wuxia novels?"

"This is also one of the bases for determining that he has a mental illness, isn't it."

"Yes, and there's even more than that." Sister Chen continued to ask, "Do you know how he said he acquired the Nine Yang Skill?"

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"How did he get it?"

"He fell off a cliff in the otherworldly realm, and not only did he survive, he also found the secret manual of the Nine Yang Skill inside the belly of a dead cow."

"..." Bai Xiuchu was somewhat bewildered, "That sounds more like a plot from a novel."

"Exactly."

"This..."

Bai Xiuchu looked at Ji Tianqi's very attractive appearance and sighed.

"The script of the otherworldly realm, it's theoretically impossible for it to be the same as ours."

"Exactly. Not to mention his story sounds too familiar, but even if the otherworldly realm really existed, how could it have the same script as ours? These are all reasons to diagnose him with a mental illness," Sister Chen said, laughing.

"He could be said to be the safest patient here, as long as he's not having an episode, he's always practicing martial arts.

His reasoning is that in the novels, the protagonists, with such a good foundation, obtained the Nine Yang Skill and then spent five years in Kunlun Mountain to master it.

Having no foundation and starting cultivation at twenty-seven years old, he thought it would take at least thirty to fifty years to master the Nine Yang Skill."

Bai Xiuchu paused.

"You mean, he knows his experiences are very similar to the content of novels?"

"Exactly, he knows everything we know, he even knows more about these martial arts novels than we do."

"Then he..."

"He believes that the otherworldly realm he crossed into is a kind of combined world from those infinite flow web novels."

"??? This..."

Bai Xiuchu suddenly burst into laughter.

"Then he picked a pretty bad fortune, if it's the same as falling off a cliff, the Beiming Skill is much better than the Nine Yang Skill. At least from what I feel, you don't need to practice strenuously, you can directly absorb other people's inner strength."

Sister Chen's gaze suddenly became weird as she looked at Bai Xiuchu and said, "He actually is planning to look for the Beiming Skill."

"Ah?"

"But we didn't let him go before."

"Huh???"

"I just told you, he believes he physically crossed into the otherworldly realm, but in reality, he's still in our world.

So, if he wants to go from Kunlun Mountain in the otherworldly realm to Wuliang Mountain, he'd have to travel at least 1400 kilometers in our world."

"At least?"

"That's right, the straight-line distance is 1400 kilometers, and since there were no highways in ancient times, walking through mountains and rivers, it might be less than two thousand kilometers."

Bai Xiuchu mused, "You just mentioned that you previously did not let him go?"

Sister Chen nodded and said, "Yeah, you arrived at quite an interesting time, today they're going to bring over a treadmill for him."

"A treadmill?"

"Yes, the medical team wants to try and have him walk a few thousand kilometers to see if he will think he has reached his destination and learned something like the Wave Striding Steps, the Beiming Skill."

"What's the purpose of doing this?"

"He's been in treatment for seven years, we want to see if his condition has worsened beyond cure or if he can recognize reality and return to normal."

"I see," Bai Xiuchu asked then, "But how can he run on the treadmill while believing he's actually traveling in the otherworldly realm?"

Sister Chen laughed.

"You see, you forgot again, he's schizophrenic."

"Huh?"

"Don't worry, he'll conjure up hallucinations about the otherworldly realm on his own."

"So, you're saying he will get on the treadmill himself and then believe he's traveling in the otherworldly realm?"

"Based on previous experience, that's how it is."

A question suddenly occurred to Bai Xiuchu, "What about eating, drinking, and other natural functions?"

Sister Chen didn't answer but just looked at him strangely and nodded.

A rather disgusting image flashed through Bai Xiuchu's mind, and he suddenly understood.

He was indeed a psychiatric patient.